By Renetta DuBose
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – It starts with an idea. And people who tap theClubhou.se in the Georgia Cyber Center for help launching that plan can eventually see it turn into a small business.
“The great economy that we had before COVID, 70 percent of those new jobs were created by entrepreneurs,” said Rep. Rick Allen, (R) Georgia.
Congressman Allen… Read more »
The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the 118th Congress has new leadership and members. Below we offer a brief look at the broadband priorities for this key panel.
The subcommittee has jurisdiction over “electronic communications, both interstate and foreign, including voice, video, audio and data, whether transmitted by wire or wirelessly, and whether… Read more »
By CHARLES CHIEPPO
THE LATEST real-life parable that reminds us why the Founding Fathers made secret-ballot elections a centerpiece of American democracy comes from a distinctly 21st-century source – the video game industry.
In recent months, the Communication Workers of America (CWA) has been working to unionize Proletariat, a Boston-based studio owned by gaming… Read more »
By T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) — Like everything in modern political times, the reaction to President Joe Biden’s Tuesday evening State of the Union address fell along party lines.
U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, said Biden "failed miserably" when given "the world stage last night, with the opportunity to address the struggles our country,… Read more »
On February 2, Reps. Suzan Delbene (D-WA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Angie Craig (D-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), and Rick Allen R-GA) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to employer-sponsored telehealth benefits.
The “Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act” would allow employers to offer workers stand-alone telehealth benefits, like dental and vision… Read more »
By Ron Southwick
Democrats and Republicans in Congress are pushing a bill that they would said would provide a permanent expansion of access to telehealth.
Several House members are backing legislation that would allow employers to offer standalone telehealth benefits, similar to vision or dental plans.
Lawmakers said under the legislation, the telehealth benefit wouldn’t… Read more »
By Richard Payerchin
Lawmakers hope permanent telehealth benefits will “fill a much-needed gap for certain members of the American workforce who lack affordable access to quality health care.”
Representatives have reintroduced the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act that would allow employers to offer standalone telehealth benefits to workers, similar to… Read more »
WRITTEN BY: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
This week, the House and Senate Education and Labor committees announced their full roster of members for the 118th Congress. Democrats retained the majority in the Senate, and as a result, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee saw few major changes to committee rules and priorities. There are, however,… Read more »
By Mark Melchionna
Last week, six US House representatives announced the introduction of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation that aims to provide American workers with access to employer-sponsored telehealth benefits.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many options for in-person healthcare became… Read more »
Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act, bicameral legislation to expand education freedom and opportunity for students. Specifically, it provides a charitable donation incentive for individuals and businesses to fund scholarship awards for students to cover expenses related to K-12… Read more »
